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The opportunity

• Apply your electrical engineering expertise in the context of electric vehicles
• Play a vital role in designing & testing software and hardware across various projects
• Join the talented & supportive team at CSIRO – Australia's National Science Agency!

We are currently seeking a motivated and talented Electrical Engineer, with practical/applied experience and an interest to advance their skillset through exciting R&D projects, to join our CSIRO Energy Systems program, and it might be the next career step you’re looking for!
 

The team you will be joining as a Research Engineer are investigating transport electrification and integration into Australian electricity systems. In this practical lab-based role, you will play a key role by undertaking a variety of tasks with high degree of specialisation, and bringing your electrical or mechatronic engineering expertise and  skills to design experiments and implement software & hardware for electric vehicles to test performance and potential impact on infrastructure and grid. You will also be responsible for managing resources to meet project objectives, procuring necessary electrical vehicle hardware and software, as well as other governance and reporting activities. You will be using your strong problem solving, teamwork and communication skills to collaborate with a range of internal and external stakeholders, and if you have any experience working with electric vehicles, that would be particularly beneficial for this position. While a large component of this role would require practical lab-work and data analysis, you will still have the opportunity to explore certain flexible work arrangements to ensure work-life balance.
 

If you are motivated by creating new things, experimentation and trying out different approaches, and contributing to making a real difference with your work, this would be an exciting and fulfilling role for you! CSIRO champions in providing a diverse and inclusive culture, supports flexible work arrangements, and offers you excellent professional development opportunities to grow your skills & career.

Your duties will include:

• Designing and conducting experiments for. electric vehicle hardware and software.
• Managing resources and procurement of hardware and software to support infrastructure and equipment in CSIRO laboratories for electric vehicles.
• Reporting CSIRO’s innovative science in ways that meet clients, industry and key stakeholder expectations.
• Contributing to solving challenges for grid and charging infrastructure to accelerate transport electrification in Australia.
• Showing initiative to seek new approaches to meet experimental or technological needs when encountering new problems where methods are not defined.

Location: Newcastle, NSW

Salary: AU$93K – AU$105K pa + up to 15.4% superannuation

Tenure: Specified Term of 3 years; Full-time (flexible)

Reference: 96232

To be considered you will need:

• Relevant trade certificate/diploma/bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent relevant work experience in electronics or mechatronics engineering.
• Demonstrated professional engineering experience deploying mechatronic or electrical engineering concepts for real-world projects.
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing, offering factual information supported by data, definitions, examples, illustrations or other aids.
• Demonstrated problem solving skills, and ability to investigate the underlying issues of complex and ill-defined problems, and develop appropriate responses by adapting/creating and testing alternative solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to work agilely and effectively as part of both large and small multi-disciplinary teams, and willingness to proactively seek and consider the ideas and opinions of others from within and outside the team to help form decisions, plans or actions.
• Desirable: Experience working with electric vehicles or associated infrastructure, and programming languages such as Python programming, would be highly desirable.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this role, you must be either an:

• Australian or New Zealand Citizen;
• Australian Permanent Resident; or
• Australian Temporary Resident, currently residing in Australia, with an existing valid visa and unrestricted work rights for the duration of the term (at least until June 2027) and no requirement for visa sponsorship from CSIRO. Please note this does not include bridging visas or other visas that are dependent upon the approval of future visas.

Appointment to this role is subject to provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible working arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work. 

Diversity and inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish. 

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia's national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact. 

CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.

Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

How to apply

Please apply online, and provide a detailed cover letter and CV that best demonstrate your motivation and ability to meet the requirements of this role. Please note that we strongly encourage you to respond to each of the selection criteria in detail, and attach it to your cover letter as one document.

Applications close

21 April 2024, 11:00pm AEST
 

We strongly encourage you to apply early as we will be reviewing applications as they come through. CSIRO reserves the right to withdraw this ad prior to the closing date if required.